Claim · #6496038
Colletotrichum spp. · pathogen pressure · Capsicum annuum
pathogen pressure · effect: harmful
pathogenOf GloBI relation
Verbatim source quote
“water-soaked lesions that become sunken and tan; salmon-colored conidia spores”
- Source
- International Cooperators' Guide: Procedures for Sweet Pepper Variety Field Trials (#14-775)
- Authors
- Shieh H., Lin S., Lin L., Sheu Z., Tsai W., Srinivasan R., Kumar S.
- Year
- 2021
- Publication
- World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg / AVRDC)
- Page
- 9
AI critic verdicts
- agroecologist · plausible
“Colletotrichum spp. anthracnose on pepper fruit with sunken lesions and salmon conidia is a standard postharvest/fruiting disease.”
- plant-pathologist · plausible
“Colletotrichum anthracnose symptoms (sunken tan lesions, salmon conidial masses) on pepper fruits are diagnostic and match source quote.”
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